Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-03-03
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News.
CONGRESSIONAL

CONGRESSIONAL
In the Senate on the 10Th the presiding
oricer presented several petitions from Grand
Army posts praying for the passage of the De-
pendent Pension bill the veto, and Mr..
Beck said he had for years presented petitions
Tor the repeal of the Navigation law and ne now
presented a memorial signed by himself on the
same subject which he wished referred to the
Committee on Commerce, before which he
wished to appear and be heard So referred.
After disposing OF minor routine business the
conference report on the Trade Dollar bill was
agreed TO and the River and Harbor bill debated
until adjournment. - In the House the Pensions
Committee unanimously reported in favor Of
passing the Dependent Pension bill the
Presidents veto. After routine work of no
particular importance the conference report on
the t. de Dollar bill was agreed to- and the
House went into Committee of the Whole upon
the Senate amendments to the Sundry Civil
bill, and debate continued until the House ad-
tourned-
IN the Senate on the 21st Mr.. Mitchell
spoke yehemently OF the conduct OF Colonel
Parke. of the engineer corps, who had sus-
pended work on the cascades in the Columbia
river and offered resolution of inquiry. Mr.
Conger replied to Mr.. Mitchell. The regular
order, the Ship Canal bill was temporarily laid
aside and the River and Harbor bill further de-
b2ted and passed. The Ship Canal bill was
then passed and the SeDate went into secret
session A.. In the House the conference report
upon the bill repeating the Presumption and
subject OF a long debate The House adhered
to its amendments and asked for q new confer
ence. The House then adjourned.
In the Senate ON the 22d several commu-
nications were received from departments in
.epiy to resolutions OF inquiry. The presiding
officer, Senator Sherman, presented his resigna-
ton to take effect Saturday. February 20. The
District of Columbia Appropriation bill and the
Military Academy Appropriation bill passed.
Mr.. Mcpherson attempted to have the resolu-
ton for investigating the Pacific railroads con-
sidered. but failed. and the bill to create the
Department OF Agriculture was taken up but no
action reached. The House amendments to
the Sundry Civil bill were disagreed to- Ad-
iourned. -. The House, in Committee OF the
Whole considered the Senate amendments to
the Sundry Civil bill. new conference was
asked The Post-office Appropriation bill was
considered in Committee of the Whole, the only
disagreement between the two houses being
the subsidy clause Pending debate the com
mittee rose and resolutions were adopted and
eulogies delivered upon the death OF Senator
Pike, OF New Hampshire, and the House ad-
journed.
MORE petitions were presented in the
Senate on the 23d for the passage over the Pres
ident's veto of the Dependent Pension bill.
After the committees reported the Senate con-
sidered bills on the calendar and at two o'clock
took up the Agricultural Department bill. An
amendment adopted transferring the
weather service of tie signal service to the
new department and the bill passed. 1T creates
an executive department to be known the
DepartGent OF Agriculture and Labor, with q
Secretary and Assistant Secretary to be ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate. The Secretary
is to receive the salary as the
heads of the other executive departments.
The Bureau of Labor and the weather
service of the Signal Service Bureau are
to be transferred to the Department of Agri-
cultured. The bill granting arrears OF pension
TO Thomas S. Hopkins, upon motion of Mr.. Frye,
who made a statement of facts not known at the
time OF the vote, was passed over the Veto:
In the House Mr.. Belmont, from the Committee
Foreign Affairs, reported the House substi-
tute for the Senate Retaliation bill, and under
the special order, asked for immediate considera-
ton. Debate was limited to three hours, at the
close OF which the bill passed with only one dis
senting vote. The House then took up the Senate
amendment to the Post-office Appropriation
BILL but adjourned before reaching final action
THE Senate on the 9th disagreed to the
House substitute for the Retaliation bill and q
conference was asked. The House bill to ex-
tend the laws of the United States over certain
territory south of Kansas amended and
passed. After passing several bridge bills the
Senate took up the Pleuro-Pneumonia bill and
pending consideration adjourned. In the
House the Senate amendments TO the Military
Academy Appropriation bill were agreed to-
The report of the Committee Elections in
he Indiana contested case of Kidd against
Steele confirming Steele in his seat
was agreed to. The Senate amendments to
the Post-ofice Appropriation bill were con-
CURED in except the subsidy amendment, which
was disagreed to- The Dependent Pension bill
and the Presidents veto then came up and de-
bate limited to four o'clock, at which time a
vote was taken and the veto sustained
the vote being 175 for the passage of the bill to
125 agaiust-not the necessary two-thirds in the
Affirmative. Pending consideration OF the Naval
biz the House adjourned.
WASHINGTON NOTES.